United States Ninth Circuit

The retroactive application of the amended aggravated felony definition under section 321 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act is supported by a rational basis and does not violate the Due Process Clause of the Constitution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/10/2005
• Published 08/10/2005

Judges

• Before:  WARREN J. FERGUSON, JOHN T. NOONAN, and PAMELA ANN RYMER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jagdip Singh Sekhon, Esq., Sekhon & Sekhon, PLC, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• USSAC-office of the U.S. Attorney, Sacramento, CA, Marianne A. Pansa, Esq., USF-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Fresno, CA, Alison R. Drucker, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant/Respondents-Appellees.